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IC CONTACT | Mask or Menace

"Hey, you've reached Charlie Maxwell. Leave me a message. Or just text me. I might get back to you faster that way."

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[ he SIGHS. ] I'm still upset I can't find Jurassic Park. Talkin' to that Claire chick put me in the mood to watch dinos wrecking shit.

We could always see if we can find the Land Before Time number 342.

Yeah? Is that the one where they find a cache of alien tech and go nuts on all the carnivores?

I think I've said this before, but you should really write for movies.

Maybe, or maybe the stuff I'd come up with would be too intense for general audiences.

You'd be surprised what people can get away with these days. A PG-13 rating grants you one use of the word "fuck", for instance.

[ Peter laughs at that. ] One whole "fuck," huh? Guess that's one way to separate the kids from the big boys, then.

Pretty sure I was dropping the F-word every other sentence when I was thirteen.

By the time you were thirteen you were already some kind of space mercenary, weren't you?

Nah. Cabin boy, at that age. Errand boy. "Get Quill in the vents to clean out the shit" boy.

Okay, but my point is that you were surrounded by space mercenaries.

Also, I can't imagine crawling around in vents was much fun.

I'll have you know, sir, that those mercenaries were fine, upstanding gentlemen. Never a hurtful word from their lips.

[ As for the second part, Peter merely shrugs a shoulder, the picture of calm. ]

It wasn't, but I had to earn my keep somehow.

Says the guy who just a moment ago claimed he was swearing like a sailor by age thirteen.

[ Charlie does wonder if all the time spent crawling through vents has anything to do with why Peter panics when Charlie freezes his clothes, but he files that away for another time ]

What else did they have you doing? Mopping? Cleaning the galley?

I'm inclined to lying.

[ He shrugs a shoulder. ]

Some of that. A lot of the time I was helping engineering, getting into the spaces they couldn't.

You say "engineering" and I just picture you running around with Scotty. Which is probably not close to accurate at all.

Nooooot in the slightest. Imagine more scales and spikes and sharper teeth. Possibly more tentacles -- anywhere between ten to fifteen percent more.

Now I'm just curious. Hands down, what's the weirdest alien you've ever seen?

[ With hardly a pause, ] Aaskvarian. Four tentacle arms. Teeth like an anglerfish. Green, slimy skin.

[ he makes a face ] Sounds like they're real fun at parties.

[ He clicks his tongue. ]

You're not totally wrong.

I get the feeling there's a story there that I'm not sure I wanna hear.

[ He smirks, shrugging again. ]

Maybe when we're both super drunk, one of these days. It's not such a great story, honestly.

Well... Bull's got like an entire brewery in the fridge, if you really want.

What, you tryin' to get me in a compromising position?

Why do you instantly assume that? Is there something you want?

Nah. Just makin' sure you aren't the type of dude to take advantage.

'Sides. I'd rather not annoy the guy with the horns for snagging his booze.

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animated - 2015-08-16 13:48 (UTC) - Expand

guess who never got this notif

nostalgiabomb - 2015-08-19 00:13 (UTC) - Expand

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